Kate Loprest as Nellie OlsenKATE LOPREST (Nellie Oleson):

Kate Is very pleased to be joining the Little House family! Recent credits include – Broadway: Hairspray (Amber Von Tussle); Xanadu (Swing/Kira Cover); The Drowsy Chaperone. Regional: Wicked Chicago Company (Glinda/Nessarose u/s); Sarah Plain & Tall (Estelle) Dallas Theatre Center; Happy Days: A New Musical (Joanie Cummingham) Paper Mill Playhouse. This summer, Kate will be performing in Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera’s summer season productions as Diva #2 in Swing! and as Cosette in Les Miserables. She recently made her Day Time Television debut as Scarlet on ABC’s All My Children. Kate is a native Chicagoan and sends her love and thanks to her family and friends there and in New York including Mungioli Theatricals, xoxo Nicolosi, and Tommy. GO BLUE!